$1.5B spent on UTT Tamana

This money was spent on goods, services, infrastructure (including roads, drains, fences and utilities), building construction (including foundation and steel structures), furniture and consultancy.

As of May the project was 82 per cent complete, he said.

However, Garcia could not say when the institute will open, but said, “We are hoping that by the end of 2018 we might have some determination”.

Garcia, in reply to a separate listed question by Karim, said that while UTT is exploring its efficiencies and seeking to balance its costs, at this time there are no concrete plans to reduce the university’s staff.

Otherwise, Garcia, in reply to another question by Karim, said that to date his ministry had funded the School Improvement Project by $1.22 million.

Only one contractor had been paid, some $510,000, even as he could not recall the names of the other contractors awaiting payment